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Some veterinarians are building their practice on end-of-life house calls for people who want a familiar place for their pets' final moments.I wish they'd been able to do that ( Read more... )

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The Japan Quake: How Can Shoreline-LFP Residents Help? - Shoreline-Lake Forest Park, WA PatchOnline tools allow for donations, information. Anyone can use these tools -- and please do. Japan needs all the help she can get right now. Includes people-finding tools such as Facebook and Google, and other ways to communicate with loved ones, friends ( Read more... )

Noah's Wish Saving Animals in Disasters: Education • Rescue • RecoveryThere are countless nonhuman beings in Japan who need help now, too. If you want to help them, please check out the above link. And if you know of other agencies that can get help to Japan's pets, livestock, and work animals, please let me know in the comments, so that I can ( Read more... )

I asked one of the staff at Phinney Ridge Animal Hospital why we love our cats and dogs and other nonhuman companions so much. Her reply, accompanied by a sort of Hallmark Card smile, was, "It's the innocence . . . they are innocent ( Read more... )

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